Thursday, 15 March 2012

Homeless Hotspots: New Charity Idea

A new charity initiative in America has drawn much criticism from the world's press. The basic idea is that in the digital age, people are not buying publications (such as the Big Issue) from homeless people. This means the small income they gained from this, has been lost.

An organisation came up with what they thought was a good idea... attach a wireless hotspot to a homeless person and get people to donate, by text, to that individual to use the internet connection.

The BBC reported people's reactions:

Comments posted to the BBH's site accused the project of being "unseemly" and
"wrong".

Members of Twitter asked "what has this world come to?" and accused the
project of being a "gimmick".

However, others praised the idea as being "inspirational" and a chance to
create a "positive interaction between the public" and homeless people.